[Faith-talk] I need prayer about the fact I had to give up my retired guide dog

[Jeanette]

i thought you had to have excellent cane travel skills to get a dog, all of 
us who do not have dogs use our canes very effectively every day. jeanette
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "don nepple" <dnepple at hotmail.com>
To: <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] I need prayer about the fact I had to give up my 
retired guide dog


>
> hi their is nonthing rong with a cane it is a toal just like a dog.if you 
> learn to use it rite it will give you enoght in formashin on the street i 
> use on every day.you might think about this if you can not learn to love 
> your cane then maby you should not have goten a god.i have lots of nfb 
> frends that can use their gods and allso thay can do just has well.so down 
> put down cane users.read stuff frum the nfbread mor on canes and gods and 
> allso think that mostons god gides users wher good cane users be for thay 
> got a dog. this might help you to learn to like the cane it does work.ask 
> sum others on this list.your frend frum idaho.don nepple.
>
>
>> From: jlperdue3 at gmail.com
>> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:56:02 -0500
>> To: faith-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] I need prayer about the fact I had to give up 
>> my retired guide dog
>>
>> thanks, I'm not sure I will get another guide even though I applied for 
>> one at another school.
>>
>> They were supposed to send me a medical release via email early in the 
>> week to sign and email back. It hasn't come and maybe it's Heavenly 
>> Father's way of saying I don't need another dog.
>>
>> My life isn't really active enough for one and my personal assistant 
>> takes me almost everywhere I go.
>>
>> As far as the cane travel goes. I want to break it in half and scream 
>> every time I take it and leave the house. I hate it beyond belief and I 
>> don't think it gives enough information about my surroundings for me to 
>> consider it a safe method of travel, which is why I got a dog in the 
>> first place.
>>
>> I guess I will just let the dog thing go for now and swallow the feelings 
>> of bitterness and hate for the cane every time I pick it up to travel.
>>
>> Jenny
>> On Apr 15, 2012, at 6:45 PM, tina birenbaum wrote:
>>
>> > I am so sorry! feel your pain! i retried my third guide last year and 
>> > don't plan to get anymore myself but still follow my school just to 
>> > keep up on what they do and still support them for other users, hbubut, 
>> > be kind to yourself, i found people in my church very supportive i 
>> > know, going back to a cane full time was almost numbing for me such a 
>> > change but i know have a collection of the things. e-mail me off list 
>> > if you need to talk or i can talk with you on skype or zello. My dog 
>> > just found a permanent home a couple months ago for many reasons and 
>> > i've found it very helpful at times to just have people listen, not 
>> > pretend to know what to say, but just sit with me and listen or just be 
>> > on the emotional roller coaster with me. I'M on both skype and zello
>> > tina100372 so feel free to add me.
>> > Original message:
>> >> Hi,
>> >
>> >> I'm Jenny and new to the list. I had to let my retired guide go to a 
>> >> new home because I had planned on getting another dog in the future 
>> >> and the landlord said we couldn't have my retired guide, Ramses, our 
>> >> little yip yap dog, and a new guide in the house at the same time.
>> >
>> >> I hurt beyond belief and was unable to go to church this morning 
>> >> because it would've been the first Sunday without him and I knew there 
>> >> would be a lot of questions as to why he wasn't with me.
>> >
>> >> Please pray for a gentle grief and to know whether to even get another 
>> >> dog. Also, I'm considering unsubscribing to my guide dog lists because 
>> >> I am unsure about the whole thing altogether and don't want to hear 
>> >> about dog stuff when the loss is so fresh and while having to adjust 
>> >> to cane life again, yuck.
>> >
>> >> Anyway, your prayers would be appreciated.
>> >
>> >> In Christ,
>> >
>> >> Jenny
>> >> On Apr 15, 2012, at 5:11 PM, tina birenbaum wrote:
>> >
>> >>> I was asked today if I'd think about working with my church worship 
>> >>> team. It's been a long time since I've done anything musical and just 
>> >>> need prayer if this is what god wants me to do. Sounds intriguing on 
>> >>> one hand, and nerve wracking on the other. I could suggest a ton of 
>> >>> music to them and i did today , but being back onstage again is a 
>> >>> different thing altogether
>> >
>> >
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